metro >> news you can use
(
wa to the candy drop off?
NEW HEALTH CARE
OPTION
Beaumont opened its first retail health
clinic — inside Meijer at 5150 Coolidge
Highway, Royal Oak. The clinic offers
treatments for minor conditions and
symptoms including sports physicals,
vaccinations, sore throats, fevers, flu and
colds, ear and sinus infections, pink eye,
skin rashes, allergies and more.
The clinic will serve adults and chil-
dren, age 3 and older. It accepts most
insurances and office visit co-pays apply.
For those with a high-deductible plan
or no insurance, a FastCare visit is $77,
which includes basic lab tests.
Staffed by Beaumont practitioners,
the clinic sends a report to the patient's
primary care physician. The clinic accepts
walk-in patients only. Medications will
be quickly available through immediate
transmittal of prescriptions to the Meijer
pharmacy or the pharmacy of the patient's
choice.
The FastCare clinic is open Monday
through Friday 8:30 a.m.-8:30 p.m. and
weekends 9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. For details,
visit www.beaumont.edu/fastcare. *
READING VOLUNTEERS
NEEDED
The Detroit Jewish Coalition for Literacy
(DJCL) is seeking volunteers to give one
hour a week to help change the life of a
child.
DJCL offers a host of opportunities
for volunteers to tutor children in grades
K-3 in elementary schools throughout
Oakland County and in Detroit. No previ-
ous teaching or tutoring experience is
necessary.
Teaming up with synagogues and com-
munity organizations, DJCL arranges vol-
unteer placement and provides resources,
tools and workshops for volunteers and
free books for students.
The coalition, which is part of the
Jewish Community Relations Council,
has two new partnerships. Joining with
Adat Shalom Synagogue, DJCL is seek-
ing volunteers to work with children at
20 October 29 • 2015
vember 1-15
elp su•port our troops
Bright Side Dental is hosting its sixth
Annual Halloween Candy Buy-Back
Program to benefit Operation Gratitude,
a nonprofit organization that sends care
packages filled with snacks, entertain-
ment, hygiene and handmade items,
plus personal letters of appreciation to
ir
,
104, .cfs.
44 1
Russell and Annette Meskin
FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS
Bennett Elementary School in southwest
Detroit to assist in one-on-one tutoring,
reading to groups and helping students in
the computer lab, science and math club
and art room. DJCL is also working with
Project Healthy Community and Schulze
Elementary to provide tutors and men-
tors for after-school programs that run
Monday through Thursday from 3:45-6
p.m.
For details, contact Sandy Lippitt at
slippitt@jfmd.org or at (248) 642-2649. *
FALL IS CAR CARE TIME
Our (sometimes) mild fall temperatures
present the perfect time to prepare your
car for the upcoming colder weather.
Kenny Walters, owner of Kenny's
Lakes Area Auto Experts in Walled Lake,
offers this checklist to follow before the
snow flies:
• Autumn's soggy weather can wreak
havoc on your vehicle's ignition system
so get it checked out before winter hits.
• Clean bugs from summer off the
exterior of your vehicle; remove unneces-
sary summer items from inside your car.
• Check your battery, making sure it is
ready for the cold.
• Inspect your vehicle's tires, align-
ment, suspension and steering — all
could have been affected by pot holes in
spring and summer.
• Flush out your vehicle's fluids. They
HALLOWEEN
CANDY BUY-BACK
StandWithUs-Michigan (SWU-MI)
will present its fifth annual Festival of
Lights Gala Saturday, Dec. 5, at Adat
Shalom Synagogue in Farmington
Hills. Gala chair is Reva Rosen.
The Meskins will be honored with
the Beacon of Light Award for their
lifelong work on behalf of Israel. The
event will begin with a reception
and music by Stefan Kukurugya, fol-
lowed by an informative program and
kosher dinner.
Guest speaker Hussein Aboubakr, a
Muslim survivor of the Tahrir Square
riots in Cairo, Egypt, during the Arab
Spring, will speak on his life-changing
journey to his current position as an
assistant professor of Hebrew studies.
For details, contact SWU-MI
President Barbara Moretsky at (248)
891-2563 or standwithusmichigan@
gmail.com. To learn about the group's
online Israel education resources,
visit www.standwithus.com . *
U.S. service members deployed overseas.
Children are encouraged to bring
their excess candy to any Bright Side
Dental office Nov. 2-13, with a parent or
guardian, to donate to the troops and for
a chance to win one of several prizes. *
STAMP OUT HOME FIRES
Farmington Hills-based Fabian, Sklar
& King P.C., a law firm specializing
in representing victims of fires and
explosions, donated 500 10-year
sealed lithium battery-operated
smoke alarms to the Detroit Fire
Department, according to Stuart
Sklar, shareholder of Fabian, Sklar &
King.
This is the sixth consecutive year
the firm has supplied the DFD with
these critical tools — bringing their
cumulative total of smoke alarms to
3,000. These smoke alarms are then
distributed throughout the Detroit
community and installed free of
charge by DFD employees.
"Smoke alarms are one of the best
tools available to help keep individu-
als and families safe from the dangers
of home fires:' Sklar said. *
Stuart Sklar and Chief Dale Bradley
THE YELLOW BRICK ROAD
get worn out in hot weather.
• Check belts and hoses for wear and
tear and replace needed.
• As the weather gets colder, keep your
fuel level full to prevent water from get-
ting into the fuel system.
Finally, it is important at all times, but
particularly in the winter, to store non-
perishable food and water in your vehicle
in case of any breakdowns. Don't forget
the blanket, flashlight and flares! *
Rabbi Rachel Shere of Adat Shalom Synagogue in
Farmington Hills will discuss "Torah from the Yellow
Brick Road" in a three-part Lunchtime Learning
series beginning Tuesday, Nov. 3. Using the back-
drop of the classic film The Wizard of Oz, Shere will
explore what Judaism has to say about God, identity
and the search for our true home.
The series continues on Nov. 10 and 17. Programs run
from 11:45 a.m. 1 p.m. and are free to the community.
Bring your own dairy/parve lunch. Drinks and dessert
will be served. Reservations are requested by the preced-
ing Friday. Call Sheila Lederman at (248) 851-5100, ext.
246, or email slederman@adatshalom.org. *
-